Monday, September 5, 2011

Boys Will Be Boys

"Of course I had to take him out execution-style with two shots to the back of the head--his gayness was killing me! It was me or him--ask the teacher."

"[nodding] True, his eyeliner was just too provocative for this backwater white trash town."

((Some teachers need to be beaten with a sack of fucking oranges, you can put that in your anti-union pipe and smoke it.)

Supreme Court Tells Man To Go And Fuck Himself

Supreme Court: No damages for man wrongly sent to death row - Los Angeles Times:


Friday, September 2, 2011

MUSINGS: But Seriously, What's One Innocent Life Here Or There When You're Packing FREEDOM?

A tool is an inanimate object animals use, like clubbing your enemy with a rock. A fist is not a tool, a finger is not a weapon, a hammer is a tool that can be used to create or destroy, but a gun can only destroy. (With the exception of the nail gun of course.) But how many innocents have to die so that an NRA member would change his mind? 10? 20? 1000? 10000? 100,000? 1 miillion? Is there any number that would change the Cult of the Gun? I doubt it.



Monday, August 29, 2011

Local Man Amazed That That Many Iowans Understand Evolution

Republicans Against Science - NYTimes.com: "According to Public Policy Polling, only 21 percent of Republican voters in Iowa believe in global warming (and only 35 percent believe in evolution). "





Friday, August 26, 2011

Conservatives Wonder If Getting Brutally Sodomized By Rick Perry Might Not Be So Bad?

America's conservatives
the pros and cons of
being forced to look
pretty for Rick Perry.

Conservatives across America are asking themselves, "Just how awful would it be to be Rick Perry's prison bitch? I mean, you'd get used to it after a while, right? Eventually you might actually start to like shaving your legs and wearing a dress. Right? As long as were not wasting money on paying teachers to teach schoolchildren."








#rickperry

Cheney Had "Urge" To Bomb Pretty Much Everyone

Citizen Cheney
In his new tell-all behind-scenes-memoir, Dick Cheney confesses that he had an untreated addiction to "just bomb the shit out of someone". He also admits that he had had prostate difficulties for many years and could only ejaculate while reading CIA torture memorandums. He also professes to being a "huge" Lady Gaga fan, taking umbrage with many of her devotees. "I was the original Little Monster," he cries on page 236. He also admits that his dream birthday would be a performance by Lady Gaga herself at his party, and a pony. 


In Book, Cheney Says He Urged Bush to Bomb Syria Nuclear Site - NYTimes.com

Sunday, August 21, 2011

SHAMPAIGN: Maddow Explains The Economics Of GOP Presidential Bids (Rachel Maddow, Aug. 2011)



God Announces Reality Show To Recruit Next Used-Car Salesman To Promote His Divine Word

Above: Photo of aging, soon-to-be
replaced Voice of God and former
used-Oldsmobile salesman.
God, The Omnipotent and Omniscient Creator and Ruler of All Things, announced his plans for basic cable reality show wherein used-car salesmen, casino operators, carnies, and all-around general purpose grifters will compete to replace the current aging Designated Voice Of God On This Planet.

 "It's going to be a lot like American Idol, viewers can text in their votes and other cool stuff, except that we couldn't get Seacrest. Will it be a ratings juggernaut? Well, we're up against Idol," said The Lord, shrugging his shoulders.


#god
#godnews

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Why The Daily Show Is Dead

The Daily Show Is Dead

Congratulations, Mr. Stewart. You've gotten Ron Paul fans to like you. Too bad for the Daily Show, you've become the first-rate blowhard you've been railing against for the past decade or so. To wit: "What an asshole." I'm sure you can come up with a reason as to why the right-wing you've learned to love is disenfranchising their fellow Americans. Fortunately, I won't be watching. Not even Samantha Bee can make what's left of the wreckage of this show worth the bother.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Infinite Science, Infinite Wealth

 Technology will lead to infinite wealth: Mostly by cleaning up the garbage from previous technologies.

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Let's Just Hope The Next Bout Kills Her

Kris Carr - Crazy Sexy Entrepreneur - NYTimes.com:
"But in the case of Carr, the idea that everyone seems to want a little bit of what she has is frankly fascinating, because the thing she is most famous for having is cancer. She was given the diagnosis in 2003 and rose to prominence with a 2007 documentary called “Crazy Sexy Cancer.” She subsequently wrote two successful books — “Crazy Sexy Cancer Tips” and “Crazy Sexy Cancer Survivor” — about her peppy, pop-spiritual approach to her disease, and she soon became what she sometimes describes as a “cancerlebrity” or, at other times, a “cancer cowgirl.”"

Monday, August 8, 2011

Confederate Quotes

Confederate Quotes



These people loved freedom so much they were willing to fight against it! Now that's a real American!

Friday, August 5, 2011

MUSINGS

Ever think that all of this bullshit happened because airlines were too fucking cheap to put locks on the fucking cabinet doors?


Neither do I.

Jon Stewart: God Cannot Handle Sarcasm

Culture War Update - The Dividening of America - Dana Perino vs. Free Birth Control - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 08/04/11 - Video Clip | Comedy Central

So, Mr. Stewart--only the Daily Show is allowed to express honesty with sarcastic dickism? We should allow the religious fanatics to control public landmarks? If Obama has taught us anything, it's that compromising with fanatics WORKS. And what the hell does this have to do with health care? Hit the FAIL gong.



From FaceBook:


If a crescent moon had been found at Ground Zero would Fox News and Jon Stewart be rushing to defend and mount it at the site as a memorial? If one of the many falafel carts that service the many business men in that area were found among the wreckage would people be rushing to make it a symbol at Ground Zero?


To erect a cross at Ground Zero is to signify that it was a tragedy for a singularly Christian nation which the United States is not. There are people of other faiths and beliefs who are equally affected by the tragedy. Therefore I do not think any sort of cross should be erected at Ground Zero.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

The President Surrenders - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com

The President Surrenders - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com

"I imagine this is like lying in a coffin listening to nails as they are hammered in one by one. Good bye middle class."

From Barack Obama's Notebook: Synonyms For "Deal"

"Hmm, let's see, synonyms for deal:
Defeat; crushing defeat; drowned in bathtub by professional wrestler; eaten alive by herd of rabid shrews; run over by a train whilst standing on tracks, browsing thesaurus; bizarrely naive trust in one's enemies even as they castrate you; Poland 1939.
Wow, hard to choose which one I like the most."

#obamasnotebook

The President Surrenders on Debt Ceiling - NYTimes.com

The President Surrenders on Debt Ceiling - NYTimes.com

"Make no mistake about it, what we’re witnessing here is a catastrophe on multiple levels."

Friday, July 29, 2011

Islamists Flood Square in Cairo in Show of Strength - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com

Islamists Flood Square in Cairo in Show of Strength - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com: "“Islamic, Islamic,” went a popular chant. “Neither secular nor liberal.” Sounds like Fox And Friends found new pals!"


GOP SVU

GOP: Special Victims Unit

Great montage and whatnot, but I couldn't help but feel that, as perhaps you have before, Mr. Stewart, you endorse the right-wing's cred as 'good peeps', THEN demonstrate how their fear, sense of self-righteous victimization (if not outright martyrdom) and paranoia is an endlessly regurgitating geyser. Hit, then a giant miss. I don't think you can really criticize Obama for being part of the "Cult Of Balance" (Krugman's term) when you yourself constantly remind us that you are also a devotee.


Finally, Some GOOD News: "David Brooks is off today."

"The Centrist Cop-Out - NYTimes.com:


Monday, July 25, 2011

Freud On Cocaine: "This Shit Is Fucking Awesome!"

An Anatomy of Addiction - By Howard Markel - Book Review - NYTimes.com


Concerned Asshole Parents Unite For Intolerance

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2011/06/28/alliance-defense-fund-anoka-hennepin-sexual-orientation-policy-school-board/

Concerned parents of children in a Minnesota school district are uniting to fight for their right to be intolerant assholes. When a local reporter asked one of these parents as to why, he replied, "Because that is what Jesus."

More on what Jesus wants as this story develops. Currently, Our Lord And Savior Jesus Christ is denying rumors that he will appear on ABC's This Week With Christiane Amanpour.

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Monday, July 18, 2011

The Morning Idiot

Beyond the Beltway, Budget Talks Inspire Pessimism and Yawns - NYTimes.com

‎'“The whole problem is that there are people who have more credit debt than income, and they go out and buy a flat-screen television,” said Mr. Hunt, who expressed pessimism about a deal being reached. “Our politicians are a reflection of that rate of consumption.”'
Clearly he has thought this through.

Betchya' Didn't Know...

The translation of "mea culpa" is literally, "Sir, I have unintentionally licked donkey balls. And I apologize. I also apologize for that nude fresco of your wife that I installed in the public bathhouse."

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Getting Away With Murdoch

Murdoch’s Fatal Flaw - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com: "Rupert Murdoch is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Silvio Berlusconi: money, power, and no scruples. It's only fitting that the most reactionary and downright proto-fascist American TV network, Fox, is one of his possessions.

One can only hope that the NoW debacle is the beginning of the end of the 'evil' empire Murdoch has created."

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Obama Seeking New Ways To Discourage The People Who Voted For Him

President Obama reassured the nation during a press conference this week that he will leave "no stone unturned" in seeking new ways to induce despair and hopelessness in those who voted for him in 2008.

Examples of the above cited by the president include playing the board-game "Monopoly" with the board of Bank of America, a televised game of "Risk" which he will play against Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, posing for photo ops of himself issuing 'fun' over-sized checks with the words "From The Social Security Fund" to hedge fund managers, and "perhaps" pulling down his trousers and passing waste material on to a sidewalk in San Francisco whilst humming a new Toby Keith tune celebrating the forcible sodomizing of an imprisoned Iraqi man by Neo-Nazis.

"But that will not be the end," promised the president. "With these weapons, the speeches and the press conference and the news release, I will hammer relentlessly away at the spirit of those who supported me in '08. I will devote every waking minute of my life chipping away at their spirits, crushing their hopes with the ceaseless repetition of 'compromise' with those who do not know the meaning of word; dedicate myself to grinding down the prayers and dreams and wishes of little children by helping to wreck their nation. I shall continue to give my opponents every benefit of the doubt. And once they have proved beyond any doubt that they are soul-less scoundrels without an ounce of human decency,  I shall compromise again. Love me and despair."

The president also said that prosperity is just around the corner.



Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Neuroscience and intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Neuroscience and intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Brain size
Rushton and Jensen (2010) argue that the brain is metabolically demanding. In rats, cats, and dogs it uses about 5% of the body's energy; in non-human primates, 10%, in humans, 20%."

That's right, your brain is a parasite. (Like a tapeworm or a liberal.)

Indian Minister Offers Clarification on Gay Sex Comments - NYTimes.com

Indian Minister Offers Clarification on Gay Sex Comments - NYTimes.com

"When I said 'homosexuality is a disease', what I really meant to say was that it's infectious. Like happiness, or cholera."

God Indoctrinates Children With Music, T-Shirts

YouTube - ‪BARACK OBAMA KIDS AND HITLER YOUTH SING FOR THEIR LEADER‬‏

The Lord Our One True God, Creator of the Universe, is apparently up to his old tactics again--this time with our children! This video shows evidence that he has found ways to indoctrinate them with "hymns" which apparently praise him and go on endlessly about his accomplishments.

Please write to your congressman and demand that legislation be passed to stop this mind-control by The Holy Trinity.

-Yours In Christ,
DRT

Monday, July 4, 2011

ENVY OUR FUCKING FREEDOM DAY, REDCOATS.

Boy, I bet you chappies wish you could buy a semi-automatic military
assault rifle with a 30 round magazine. Oh, you can't...I reckon you'll
never know the sweet taste of LIBERTY.

(Liberty, that prostitute that died of AIDS recently. She worked on the corner of 5th and Main.)

Now lick my ammo, bitches!

Thursday, June 30, 2011

The Age of Information Saturation

  1. Immerse the brain in a solution.
  2. Add information until saturated.
  3. Gradually add more information until information precipitate forms.
  4. Leave brain in solution for 40-50 years.
  5. Brain is just as stupid as when it came in.
  6. Apply for grant on gender-bathroom-equality or clean coal.

Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Chinese Abortionocracy

by THE ECHOCHAMBER


We all know that above all things liberals love abortion. It is more dear to them, even, than food stamps or welfare queens living it up in Harlem or school teachers even. But just as I thought it was safe in Godly South Asia (love the kebabs), now even there the liberals are there, fist-deep in blood and uterine matter and gleefully aborting girl babies. That's right, baby girls.

You might ask, how the deuce is this the fault of liberals? Well it isn't--except that they created modern medicine which is being used in ways I disapprove of. Soon I'm people will come to their sense and we shall rid ourselves of these left-wing Dr. Frankensteins who insist upon playing Prometheus with the Will of Heaven. And of course they will burn in hell for all eternity. (Goes without saying.)

But what if people start practicing sex-selective abortion here? Without girls, there will be too many boys, and dire consequences to follow: A shortage (or surplus) of food, rampaging gay marriage mobs in the streets, and a severe lack of tender caresses. (In other words, a lot like being married.)

But the worst part is that those of us lucky enough to find wives will have to constantly appreciate them. The costs of appreciating women have already pushed this country to the verge of economic catastrophe! And there's no end to pleasing them! My credit line is already dry and I'm mortgaged to the hilt! For God's sake!

So. Anyway, in my next column I shall detail a number of remedies for this potential problem which may well never happen, but serves a wonderful purpose: Anytime a filthy hippie asks me, "What about the capital punishment, the poor, the hungry, the helpless, the disabled, the sightless, the toothless, the hearingless, the see and hear too muches, the casualties of war and pollution and toxic waste and global warming? What of them?"

And all I have to say is, "Abortion." And all is right with my world. Geez, it's really hot today, isn't it?




#abortion

Monday, June 27, 2011

Several States Mandate Distribution And Use Of Morphine: "Life Too Painful In Our State", Say Legislators

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/27/us/27abortion.html

In a move which has dismayed many across the nation, state legislatures in Nebraska, Idaho, Indiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas have passed legislation requiring the distribution of morphine to every state resident. In addition, residents will undergo mandatory drug testing to ensure that they are indeed on drugs. Stated Senator Mike Johanns of Nebraska: "It's simply a matter of compassion. The grim and bleak living hell that pervades every second of being alive in Nebraska demands that we take action. You think we like looking at endless rows of corn fields every god damn day? Hell no!"




The Anti Pain Council Of America has furthermore urged that such requirements be extended to the unborn fetus, stating in a press release, "We have firm biological evidence that the unborn fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks, and therefore recommend that all pregnant women take additional morphine for the sake of their unborn child. We don't know what the heck is going on in there. There are no books or toys--that kid could be really, really bored. We can't let issues of whether not it might kill the mother stand in the way of compassionate pain reduction for all, including the unborn."





160 Million and Counting - NYTimes.com

160 Million and Counting - NYTimes.com

As alwasys, there is no factoid Mr. Douthat is unable to bend into an argument for his 'side', couched in a snide, barely concealed loathing for anyone who disagrees. To quote our president: "Well done, sir." Hopefully George F. Will will snuff it in the near future so you can assume his mantle.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Word Count: The Fun New Game For The Kids!

First, you type your words! Then you count the words! Then--you try to beat that record! It's

Announcement

Currently suffering from a lack of outrage. Shall resume wasting the rest of my life on my blog when outrage level reaches sufficient levels. Or I find some crack. Whichever comes first.

Man Intends To Start Batman Fan Forum So That He Can Ban People From It

Musings (by Tonto)

Kemosabee: Me see racist screenplay over the horizon, with me once again reduced to ethnic stereotype Will remain two-dimensional cardboard cutout of a character and sidekick to white eyes. Maybe next season my backstory will be more fully fleshed out.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Supreme Court Forces Bush To Uphold Iraq War Restitution Payments

In an startling 8-to-1 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a decision in Humanity v. Bush to ask Bush to pay $2 trillion dollars in back payment for costs, damages, and victims' compensation incurred during the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

The formal  Demand for Payment that Bush received at his home in the exclusive Dallas neighborhood of Preston Hollow included compensation for missing priceless artifacts looted from the Iraqi National Museum ($200 million), the cost of veterans medical bills over the next 100 years ($750 million), and damages for emotional suffering to the families of Iraqis who died as a result of the war ($50.00). Other restitution includes gasoline, ammunition, repair and replacement of combat vehicles, air-to-surface missiles, pilot-less drones, the loss of American dignity, general embarrassment for any intelligent person exposed to a Bush speech or press conference, unwanted back massages by foreign dignitaries, and burial costs for both Tony Blair's pride and well as any integrity he ever had.

Writing for the majority, Justice Antonin Scalia stated, "It is only fair that the elite are held to be responsible for their crimes, just as we would for any junkie who robs a liquor store. And at least the junkie can say he's on the junk." The lone dissenter, Justice Clarence Thomas, wrote a very brief opinion on the back of dinner napkin, which read: "I like cheese." His office refused to clarify statement and pointed a Wikipedia entry detailing a long history of American "patriots" submitting documents on not only table napkins, but also wrapping paper and shipping boxes. "There is also evidence that the original draft of the Declaration of Independence was in fact written on the back of dentist's appointment card," according the web page.

The former president declined comment, because according to a staff member, "He's busy helping Donald Rumsfeld move some furniture onto the back of pick-up they borrowed from Cheney."



#bush
#iraq
#inthenews

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Wiener Gate Will Live On In Our Hearts

by DR. PRURIENT T. LOGICUS

It's with a heavy heart that we Umericans bid adieu to Weiner Gate. Did it not manage to take our minds off the petty details of our own empty souls? Did it not manage to make us feel a little more smug about those of us who haven't been involved in a national sex scandal? Did it not manage to further careers of journalists, perhaps some who can proudly say to their grandchildren, "I was there. I interviewed Wiener about his wiener."

And that is why I am demanding that Congress immediately vote upon a new Weiner Gate Memorial to be added to the National Mall; because we as a nation want, deserve, but above all, need it.

Imagine a giant marble tight boxer style undergarment concealing an unseemly bulge beneath. Majestically it will rise up, rivaling the Washington Monument, a perpetual reminder of the moment we as a nation (except the Amish) took a gander at a very amateurish cock-shot and either snickered like 10 year old boys or screeched in horror like lesbian nuns. (Except the Amish. I suppose that goes without saying, so just assume that for future reference, the Amish are generally not going to be included.)

Visitors will walk into the main lobby, and every slightly risqué shot of the wienerman will be reproduced as huge murals (and will also include the contribution of the humble peasants of Mexico to their history). And, there will be a family restaurant there, serving burgers and freedom fries and other crap.

Visitors will walk up the interior spiral staircase, the walls of which will be a museum and a tribute to the greatest journalists of our time: Wolf Blitzer, Luke Russert, Ryan Seacrest, and (all those others whose names I'm too lazy to look up). Photos and excerpts on plaques of their Wiener Gate interviews (because let's face it, none of these people will be remembered for anything else) shall be thrust into the faces of visitor, whose understanding of the beauty of the First Amendment will arise as they do, higher and higher, until they reach the climax: The Bulge.

This will be even more spectacular than everything that preceded it. There will be a bar, Cock Shotz (you'll never guess the name of their best known drink), a library tediously documenting every last bit of the scandal, a video game palace and day care for the kids, and a Starbucks. In the center will be an empty glass sarcophagus wherein Anthony Wiener shall eventually be mummified and entombed for eternity and for selling hats and t-shirts and whatnot. And there, finally, we will look at his naked pickled corpse and see IT for real. Probably will be a bit of let down, like when I saw Lenin's.

Monday, June 20, 2011

I Am Boycotting The Supreme Court

Posted Because I Fucking Care

Justices Rule for Wal-Mart in Bias Case - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com: "First too big to fail; now too big to sue. Not that I'm a big fan of suing - lawyers are the lowest of scum, and I should now, 'cause I've been one for 20 years - but there ought to be at least some pretense of equity."

Friday, June 17, 2011

The Bonergraph And Our Moral Decay That As Usual Is Destroying Us From The Inside

by The Echochamber

Since the beginning of time, new technologies have been associated, by many, with moral decline. Cell phones, playing cards, hippies, the Edison Wax Cylinder...all of these have been subject to the above claim. Sometimes these fears are just plain silly. However, sometimes they are not--and the bonergraph might just be the most dangerous of them all.


One day you're merely performing a shameful, desperate, lonely act--but along comes the bonergraph and it's just as likely you will be sending an image of that shameful act to a woman on another continent. 


Technology really does affect character. Before the Internet I could snidely sneer at the fools and idiots who think differently from myself only via magazines and newspaper op-eds. Now I can snidely sneer at fools/idiots on my blog and op-ed column at the nytimes.com, as well as magazines and newspapers. 


You know what, now that I think about it, I really haven't changed at all. Hmm, maybe next time I write a column, I should ask myself as to whether or not it makes any sense. Not that that's ever stopped me. (You stupid fucking liberal cunts.)



Washington Fallout From Weiner's Resignation - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com

Washington Fallout From Weiner's Resignation - Readers' Comments - NYTimes.com

His resignation is just one more reason to despair about America's future. The one articulate voice the Democrats had since Obama transmogrified into Eisenhower is gone. Say hello to huge corporate bonuses, the nearly complete sell-out of our government to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Wall Street. Soon we can replace our schools with audiobooks of The Holy Bible.

#wienergate


Thursday, June 16, 2011

Who Is James Johnson? - NYTimes.com

D.C. lobbyists handing out money? Colluding with regulators and legislators to enrich the corporations that would give them high-paying jobs in the private sector? Gosh durn those fancy pants high hat liberals with their monocles and ivory handled walking canes. Can't stand it when those unionized coal-miners look down their noses at me, just because I eke out a living selling derivatives on Wall Street.

Monday, June 13, 2011

The Humble Secret Boners Of Edmund Burke

The Magical Balloon Ride Of Mister Brooks
The philosopher Edmund Burke once said, "Keep it in your trousers." And who are we to say otherwise? If we cannot trust our congressional representatives to conceal their bulges, how are we to trust them with our nuclear weapons?

Thus we need modest, reserved men. Men of humble modest humility. Men with huge expanses of modestitudiness, like our nations vast prairies or lakes of hogwaste. Men who don't wish to impose sweeping changes; for example, men like Obama, although since he's a Democrat who sometimes (though happily, not always) makes things 'better' (as the hippies would have it), I must be against him. Better instead to support a reserved, quiet chappie of vast humbletude who will veer the direction of our ship of state by humbly and modestly destroying it.

This is why Republican presidents have been so great for this country in the last 40 years: Honor. They only wreck the law (or the economy) in order to save it. The unfathomable Reagan (Iran-Contra), the duller-than-gray-carpet Bush Senior, the insipid cowboyism of Bush Junior (and his minions Cheney, Rummy, and Rice, none of whom would recognize truth if it were canned as a diet soda and sold on supermarket shelves) and his honorable delusions about his place in history...cream of the crop when you think about them.

So remember Mr. Burke's advice, and always always conceal your secret shameful desires under a veneer of boring conformity. It's the American Way. Unless your're not on my team.

#davidbrooks
#themagicalballoonrideofmisterbrooks

Thursday, June 9, 2011

The Urge to End It - Understanding Suicide - NYTimes.com

The Urge to End It - Understanding Suicide - NYTimes.com: "Quite inadvertently, the British gas conversion proved that the incidence of suicide across an entire society could be radically reduced, upending the conventional wisdom about suicide in the process. Or rather it should have upended the conventional wisdom, for what is astonishing today is how little-known the British coal-gas story is even among mental-health professionals who deal with suicide."

#suicide
#coalgas

Quiz: What was the first book of The Holy Bible?

 See Answer: 


The first book of the Bible is Generic. Everyone knows that. (Or was it "Table of Contents"? Or "Preface by the Author?")

WeinerGate: What We've Learned

by GENERAL A. GORILLA
These are times that try apes' souls. Humans are everywhere, breeding like rabbits, devouring any edible thing in sight (and quite a few that are not), mowing down forests, leaving their garbage everywhere as though the whole planet is their sewer, and tossing bombs at each other while consistently refusing to clean up after themselves. And now they have devised fiendishly clever ways to send each other photos of their own junk. Clearly something must be done. Therefore I am submitting the following recommendations to the High Committee Responsible For The Maintenance Of Ape Purity:
  • Mandatory Installation of Erectometers:  All human males must now be equipped with modern electronic sensors on their genitalia. In this way, their sexual arousal level can be tracked at all times.
  • Separation of the Sexes: Males and females must be kept apart at all times after having reached the age of reproduction. Because frankly they are just too big to flush. Also, this will significantly reduce the number of times a human female must state that she 'has a headache'.
  • Make Cock Shots A Capital Crime: This needs no explanation. And since apparently sending a snapshot of one's genitals (even when concealed by underwear) is the greatest crime a human can commit, shouldn't we oblige them? (By executing as many of them as possible. Besides--my sword thirsts for human blood! Ah, sweet, delicious, but oh-so-fattening human blood.) 
And please remember to read the signs and do not feed the humans.
#wienergate

SIGHTINGS: Reports Of Brother With A Banjo Flood San Bernardino Sheriff's Office

The Sheriff's Department of San Bernardino County, California, was deluged with calls last weekend, as panicked residents reported sightings of an African-American man strumming a banjo. Deputies were overwhelmed as they responded to frightened and confused citizens who claimed to have heard a brother playing bluegrass music. Deputies responding to the call, however, found nothing unusual. When asked for comment, the department's public relations officer, Deputy Linda Garcia, stated, "A lot of people thought they heard or saw something but right now we think it was just a hoax or maybe ball lightning or swamp gas."

#banjo
#sightings

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

I'm A Simple Person With Simple Values

Hello, my name is Meagan. I am a simple, humble woman, a woman with small-town values, a woman deeply embarrassed and humiliated by the behavior Representative Wiener. So humiliated that I had to post my picture on this web site, and discuss the lurid details here and on Fox News and on ABC News and hopefully a multi-million dollar book deal on how much I've suffered. Then I get the hell out of this shithole town I'm currently trapped in and move to L.A. or New York or Anywhere-But-Here-Ville.
Did I mention I'm a mother? That means I'm a good person--I just don't fornicate with anyone. But that's no reason not to ride this horse until it drops dead, then cook and devour its flesh, tan and sell the hide as "The Texas Bigfoot", auction off the teeth and bones as "The Boggy Creek" monster, and then maybe run over a puppy just for the fun of it. Maybe you'll see me on next year's "Survivor Island".






#send$$
#justleavemealone

Monday, June 6, 2011

Gone To Wienerville

Good lord, the most articulate defender of the common people and most of the posters are upset about a "lie"? What about the lies every day from the GOP, from Fox News, the lies that killed tens or hundreds of thousands in Iraq, the lies that have given corporate America a free reign in our nation? If those of you outraged about Wiener represent the typical voter, it's no wonder our country is in such a mess--fools led by lies, but only worried about cock-shots. God get me out this country.

Sunday, June 5, 2011

James Wolcott: Republicans Looking for Love in All the Right Places | Politics | Vanity Fair

Hilarious essay from Vanity Fair:
James Wolcott: Republicans Looking for Love in All the Right Places | Politics | Vanity Fair: "It is a time of great frustration for the Republican groundlings. Obama looks so beatable, so exposed in the clearing. They can taste his vulnerability on their wolf chops, the savory possibility of making him a one-term wonder—Jimmy Carter redux. But Carter was defeated by the mountain majesty of Ronald Reagan, and although every Republican contender invokes Reagan as second only to God in the firmament, bronzing their videos with the lambent earth tones of Reaganesque morning light, none of the dude ranchers competing can quite fill his cowboy boots."

United Nations Report: War On Ignorance Has Failed












The United Nations released a report last Friday documenting the utter failure of the War On Ignorance. The introduction to the report cited 'centuries of wasted effort and investment', including compulsory education, literacy, libraries, colleges, universities, scientific research, and even paranormal psychology.

It continues to say:
From the time of the first calendars, to that of the philosophers of Ancient Greece, many have advocated overcoming the woeful state of mans' confusion, frequently referred to as ignorance. However, again and again, Mankind has not only refused but actively resisted repeated attempts to free it from the yoke of delusion and superstition. The rise of Science appeared to intially provide some degree of hope; but Humanity instead preferred to re-interpret objective reality within a framework of previously held beliefs or existing biases. 'The price of tulips will always go up.' 'God gave my son polio to test my faith.' 'The Earth is 5000 years old.' 'T. Rex bones were created by Satan to lure you into hell.'


With the Internet came a new hope, that an oversupply of information would counter disinformation and falsehoods--alas, it was not to be. The supply of disinformation and distortion was merely amplified by millions of computers all over the globe. Even now, a substantial portion of the Earth's people believe that food and energy are potentially infinite, many think that vaccines cause disease, and that if you just eat some dehydrated seaweed you'll be A-OK.


Therefore, this report recommends that the War On Ignorance be ended. It is too expensive, too time-consuming, and requires too many scarce resources--resources that could be better devoted to improving our lives in more tangible ways, such as increasing access to reality TV, making sure every household on the globe has a celebrity scandal-sheet in the native language in order to track celebrity procreation/adultery/fornication, and inventing new artificial sweeteners for diet soda. By realistically re-ordering our priorities, we can make can more quickly destroy civilization and finally return to the lifestyle for which we originally evolved: Hunting, gathering, and dying of malaria at the ripe old age of 30.

However, no one appears to be aware of the report, owing to a celebrity wang shot that appeared on the internet just minutes before its publication.

#waronignorance

Hitchens On Pakistan

From Abbottabad to Worse | Politics | Vanity Fair

#hitchens
#pakistan

Friday, June 3, 2011

The Joke Is On Us

The real joke is that so-called journalists are pandering for ratings by shoving a picture of a summer sausage stuffed into cotton underwear. I guess all we needed to stop the Iraq war was to fake a photo of Shrubya's dong and post it on the internet. Except no one would believe he knew how to use a computer.


#wienergate

Thursday, June 2, 2011

And My Loathing Of NPR's KPCC Continues...

One Congressman, one tweet, lots of fallout | 89.3 KPCC

Larry Mantle, conservative tax-hating radio host for a publicly-funded station in Los Angeles (KPCC) (go figure) and general all-around Republican/Right-Wing shill, asks, 'Why isn't the media following up on Andrew Brietbart's accusations?'

Those of us in the reality-based world are aware that Breitbart has been shown over and over to be a liar, a distorter, a shill for the right, and not a man to be trusted. This hasn't stopped ole' Larry from wondering "Why........?" Well Larry, perhaps because not everyone is as easily duped as you.

But I suppose the rule in news nowadays is 'follow the wiener'. 

The Burning Issue Of Our Times: Wiener Shots


by DR. PRURIENT T. LOGICUS, PhD
I have to say, I must congratulate the American media: A known liar and fabricator baited a hook for them, and like a school of retarded herrings they all jumped for it.

But can we blame them? After all, they spend their days listening to the most boring and predictable things in the world--politicians. Politicians incessantly reiterating the same dull pointless points over and over, the same meaningless 'move forward' 'go upwards' inspirational huffing and puffing, the endless evasions, feints, bluffs, and ploys in the poker that is the reality of American politics.

So when the possibility that a man drank a few beers, stuffed a sausage into his underwear and snapped a photo of it hit the proverbial fan, of course they will all leap like at that sausage like trained seals who bark on command. "Could the photo actually be that of a congressman with a slippery crowd-pleaser tucked into his nether realms?", they cry with anticipation? For this is what every journalist craves: A mystery. A mystery wrapped in a kielbasa wrapped in a male undergarment.

"I know the size of
my cock--why doesn't
he?"
For how could he not know every detail of this? How could a man not know if his account was hacked or not? As Luke Russert (of whom we can all be absolutely certain that his name had nothing to do with his career) observed on MSNBC, we can be certain that a man uncertain of the gorgeous contours of his own penis, even under a pair of gentleman's infra-trousers, is a man worth of Luke Russert's suspicion. Am I going to doubt a man who got his job because of his daddy? Please, next I'll be doubting George Bush.



"I've picked my man-
meat out of a police
line-up on a number
of occasions."
But I'm on a sidetrack here--even Jon Stewart is convinced that he could pick his own man-meat out of a police line-up. And if this criminal justice system has taught us anything, it's that (a) people who are uncertain are guilty as hell, and (b) witnesses are always trustworthy. As long as they're certain. (Who would you trust, a Real American who knows what he saw, or some Poindexter type talking on about DNA and codons and evidence?)





The man who never doubts
 himself is a man you
can trust.
In other words, simply because prosecutors and police and juries succumb to biases doesn't mean we should should expect journalists to be objective. Hasn't Bill O'Reilly taught us anything? Scream now, facts later (preferably when no one cares anymore and there's something else to scream about). And a man definitely, definitely should not be talking to younger women (who should be kept in the home anyway). Anyone who has met a college student knows they have nothing to say, and I'm sure the same applies to medical students, interns, and congressional aides. Have you ever seen a professor talking to his students? Of course you haven't.

And there's no reason anyone else should talk to them either.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

To The Graduates: You Are An Insignificant Worm And Must Submit To The Collective

by MR. BROOKS

I don't know who advocated for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (without checking Wikipedia, I'm guessing it was either Stalin or Chairman Mao) but boy was that guy wrong! A careful reading of 2 commencement speeches to college graduates have given me all the insight I need to understand how college graduates think. Which I'm sure is exactly like a college commencement address. (Sadly, I was not invited back to my alma mater to re-deliver my previous graduation speech, "The World Is A Miserable Dung Heap." Which simply proves my point.)

What our current crop of college graduates need to do is one thing: Conform. Did you hear that, young people? Conform conform conform. Let me repeat it one more time. Conform.

The critical mind might ask, "Conform to what, sir?" And my answer is, please shut the hell up. No one asked you to ask anything. Others might say, "But what of your insistence on the existence of Pioneering DNA in every Real American?" Fair question. Although only an idiot would ask it. But that was mostly about voting against anything Obama is for. Any idiot can see that. (Which is why most idiots would not ask that question.)

The pursuit of happiness? Bah humbug flim-flammery. It's only when we've been absorbed into the collective that we find happiness. However, our Real American DNA is perpetually threatened invading outsiders. Like a the usurper virus that invades the cell nucleus and begins producing copies of itself like a Hello Kitty factory, the Asian-Jewish-Elito-Mericratic disease is constantly trying to bypass the immune system of mindless patriotic jingoism and make its own carbon copies with our Real American ribosomes. Which, I've pointed out, is precisely the kind of conformity that we do NOT need.

So remember, conform, but conform correctly. Your DNA is counting on it.

#themagicalballoonrideofmrbrooks

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Condoleezza Rice Commits Seppuku


Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice died early this morning in an apparent ritualistic act of contrition via seppuku (hara-kiri). A spokesman for the Washington D.C. Police Department read a statement to the press, accompanied by a drum and wooden flute: "At dawn this morning, the 23rd year of Heisei, Secretary Rice kneeled before the Washington Memorial.

Dressed in a pure white kimono, and bathing in the glow of the Sun God, she unsheathed her short wakizashi sword and proclaimed, "The Emperor Bush is innocent of all crimes! I take all responsibility for all acts of malfeasance performed in his name! May I serve the Emperor in Heaven!" Additionally, she left an elegantly scribed note in the style of her calligraphy master which read, "Will someone please remember to turn off the gas? Also, I have a stack of uncorrected papers on my desk in my office, if someone could hand those to Steve, my graduate assistant, it would be most appreciated. Yeah, make sure Steve gets those papers."

When asked for comment, his August Imperial Majesty could not be reached. Only a handmaid answered the door to the palace, who would only say, "Meester Bush riding his bicycle." However, it was reportedly said by the Daimyo of Clan Cheney, "His August Imperial Majesty is most pleased that Secretary Rice passed to Heaven honorably. Her sacrifice has removed the stain of shame and dishonor from her memory. She will serve Him well in Heaven."

In other news, there are also reports of a vengeful, angry ghost with short black hair, dressed in a white kimono stained in blood, terrorizing tourists in the vicinity of the National Mall. It is said that her presence is preceded by the sound of wooden flute playing God Bless America.

A Tornado Can Do For Your Town What A Nuclear Accident Did For Chernobyl: Put It On The Fucking Map!

So the next time you're thinking about increasing tourism, think "horrific disaster". Won't you?

Saturday, May 28, 2011

Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst Now A Film Director Too

Fred Durst, best known for his 1985 electro/hip-hop/dance hit, Rapezoid (which tells the story of an android that just wants to "boogie all the time in the worst possible way"), is now a film director. In fact, for those of us who just assumed that he had probably crawled into a hole and died of shame, we must stand corrected. Mr. Durst has in fact directed two films: Rapezoid Goes To Oxford (generally referred to as Rapezoid I), and Rapezoid II: Road To Mogadishu). Currently, it is reported that his opus-to-be, Rapezoid In Space, is in production. Therefore, Mr. Durst, we salute you.

#freddurst

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Christianity Means Delaying Heavenly Bliss As Long As Possible, Provided That It Does Not Involve Socialized Medicine





#christianity

Oprah Fans Able To Watch Oprah Watching The Oprah Network

Corrections

Correction: When I said, "A Spielberg movie is a soul-less journey into the Suburban White Kid Mythos with non-threatening ethnic token," I was mistaken. I meant to say, "A Spielberg movie is like being gang-raped by a horde of zombies until one can feel neither pleasure nor pain." 


Thank you for your patience.


#corrections

Sunday, May 22, 2011

MUSINGS: On Marriage

As a wise man once said, "The end of a romance, and the beginning of a tragedy." But drama aside, let's not forget that it also seems to involve quite a bit in the way of bookkeeping. I mean, you need a whole subsection of accounting for simply for blame, and attempting to accurately debit and credit guilt so it balances in your ledger can be quite a nuisance. Many spend decades doing exactly that and even then it often won't. Why? Because people refuse to keep receipts. So remember, proper record-keeping is essential to any successful marriage and the unsuccessful ones as well.

I Am So Above-Average It Would Blow Your Fucking Mind

Friday, May 20, 2011

The Marvelous Synergystic Quarks Of The Highly Enlarged Social-plasm

by DAVID BROOKS

We in America should take a cue from the British government. First of all, they are 'conservative', so it's okay for me to like them (without the virtual stoning).

Secondly: By suggesting new ways for people to demonstrate concern for one another , the Tories have given us a new way. An exciting, new, path, to make the world a better place! And without requiring anyone to actually do anything! (Now that, mes amis, is some fucking freedom.) (And isn't the freedom to not really give a crap the greatest freedom of all?)


But what, ask my angry tax-hating readers, is that cue? Well it's marvelously, ludicrously simple (yet complex): The eliciting of empathy-nominative-behaviors in a synergystic complex of emotive-emitting quark-fields resulting in a highly-enlarged vortex of engaged-social-plasm.

Skeptics, of course, shall laugh, but we shall see who shall laugh last. (I'll give you a clue--it's me.) The creation of highly-engaged-and-enlarged-social-plasms is an exciting and utterly new field of New Studies. Directed by no less an authority than Dr. Beefwit Crankshunker, PhD, of Oxford at Pigshire, County County, England, we are learning utterly new things in the field of Newology. And the most exciting thing of all is that these shiny newness-es will allow us to slash taxes, cut spending on wasteful things like education and nursing-home care--but still have education and nursing-home care. Or at least, let us feel much better about ourselves while doing nothing about the lack of education or nursing-home care. And isn't feeling good what American is all about?

#themagicalballoonrideofdavidbrooks

Thursday, May 19, 2011

The Fascist Octopus, Having Sung Its Swan Song, Needs to Retire - NYTimes.com

The Fascist Octopus, Having Sung Its Swan Song, Needs to Retire - NYTimes.com

Space Crap

Billions of Planets Drift Alone, Far From Parent Stars - NYTimes.com

Fishbein's Hot Tip Of The Week: Return Of Christ And All That Whatnot

A highly reliable source has informed us through our exclusive back channels that the rapture is coming this very Saturday. So if you have yet to accept the J-Man into your heart as your savior, time to go to call your bookie or broker and bet heavily on gold, tobacco, and ammunition. I am also predicting that Schwarzenegger will have a love child with Kate Middleton, who will be revealed as a hopeless bingo & opium addict.




#fishbeinshottipoftheweek

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

My First Two Wives Were Shit

by NEWT GINGRICH
That's right, my first two wives were just plain crap, so it's no wonder I betrayed both of them. But with #3 here, I've finally found true love, true religion (it's Catholicism by the way) and have grown into a mature, responsible adult who can say things such as, "Kenyans are taking over--run for the hills!". And it only took me 70 years! Anyhoo, take a gander at Crazy Eyes over there, ain't she something?

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Where America Went Wrong

by NEWT GINGRICH

Let's face it: America has gone horribly wrong. It's terrible. Once we used to breed black people as slaves and now look...the telepathic sentient reptiles that rule the world from their secret lair in Antarctica are corrupting our youth with Judd Apatow films. Where did it all go wrong? Well I'll tell you: Electricity and the horseless carriage. And going off the gold standard.


Therefore, let me iterate my presidential platform: 

  • A total and complete reversion to steam locomotives;
  • Closing the federal reserve and returning to a money supply based on gigantic wheels of cheese or salt;
  • Ending all unnecessary production of electricity and limiting electronic communication to the telegraph.
Only then will we be able to stand together once more as a nation, invade the reptiles lair in Antarctica, and return those leathery-skinned bastards to the Andromeda Galaxy. And they can take Judd Apatow with them. I mean, 12 bucks to see Bridesmaids? Is he fucking kidding? 

And therefore, my fellow Republicans, please vote for me in the primary; I am the last, best hope for our nation. May God have mercy on our wretched souls.









#newtgingrich

Saturday, May 14, 2011

What Shoe Salesmen Do

Mr. Brooks' Magical Balloon Ride

Many opinionators such as myself spend a great deal of time wearing shoes. But what of the those who produce and distribute the shoes in which we citizens abide? Pretty much zilch. So I decided to rectify this shoe-neglect posthaste.

The first such establishment in my perambulation had a sign which read, "Lady Footlocker". Excellent, I thought to myself. I have found a place that sells shoes--thereby meeting my goal of finding a shoe-selling place. Introducing myself to the salesman, I asked, "How would you find a shoe for me?" He replied, "Well, I probably wouldn't, because we only sell womens' shoes here. Maybe your wife or daughter..." He drifted off and shrugged his shoulders. Stumped, I left, but felt confident that I would soon find another clue in my journey.

Eventually, after many vain hours of searching, I was very close to giving up, when suddenly on the yonder horizon I saw it: "Galleria Next Exit". Perhaps here my wanderlust could be sated. And indeed it was very soon before I was seated in a moderately comfortable chair and a not un-attractive saleswoman had my dainty left foot in her hands. "Now," said I to myself, "I shall learn much about shoes!" But then faster than you can say, 'whirling dervish with a switch blade,' she whipped out a strange device. It was metallic yet inscribed with markings and numerals. "What is this?" I cried out.

The saleswoman told me it was a measuring tool to "measure" my foot; she then instructed me to place my foot inside of it. Of course I suspected that she was going to collect my sock lint to use in a voodoo doll and then curse me, but I felt it was incumbent upon me as a journalist to proceed. Still it was more than simply the fear of bad juju that made me uncomfortable. I did not care for this notion of 'measurement'. It was not long for me to discover why.

After completing this process of foot 'measurement', she disappeared into the stockroom. I sat helplessly, waiting in dread. Seconds felt like hours. Time was extended, stretched out. This must be, I thought to myself, what Purgatory is like. I was certain that I die in that chair, waiting endlessly, like Sisyphus, a ghost cursed to all eternity to attempt a futile gesture.

Then the salesgirl came back.

She had several pairs of sensible wingtips--but something was wrong! (In other words, my intuition was right. Just so you get that point, I'll probably mention it again but don't forget.) Yes, something was terribly wrong! None of the shoes fit! In other words, this process of 'measurement' had utterly failed. One pair was a bit cramped; another, a bit too large; some shoes fit one foot but not the other. The saleswoman attempted to evade responsibility, claiming that my feet were, in her words, "freakishly abnormal monstrosities." But you and I reader see the real problem: Measuring the thing is not the same as the thing itself. And this is exactly what is so horribly wrong with our nation today.

We need to look at the thing itself but the Asian-Jewish-Meritocratic-Elites (JAME) have taught us to 'measure' things. Well guess what, elitists? My feet are not deformed freaks which are in need of corrective surgery! They are beautiful creations of my 100% genuine Real American freedom-loving DNA! (And that garbage truck that backed up over one when I was six.) And so, elitists, you can keep your inches, your centimeters, your pounds per square inch and your fathoms and leagues! We, the Real Americans, insist that you see the real thing--not a convenient abstraction!

Thank you and good night.

U.S. Scrutinized John Ensign - Senate Dug Deeper - NYTimes.com

U.S. Scrutinized John Ensign - Senate Dug Deeper - NYTimes.com

An election commission official, who asked not to be identified while the case was pending, acknowledged that the commission took the senator at his word, whereas the Senate dug deeper. This official expressed anger to learn the true circumstances behind the $96,000 payment.

“I really hate it when another investigation makes us look like idiots for pretending to believe that someone's parents would give 100 large as a gift to the his mistress,” the official said, adding: “Christ, my ass is really going to take a pounding this week."

Man Accidentally Ends Up In Navy Seals

"Well, I confused 'Master Chief' with 'Master Chef' and that's how I ended up in the Navy instead of Cordon Bleu. No wonder everyone laughed every time I asked, 'When do we start learning about sauces?'

A Veteran of Bin Laden Assault Unit SEAL Team Six Describes His Training | Politics | Vanity Fair


Newt-ered

Sometimes you have to lie or commit adultery to defend America. For Newt, that's about every 5 seconds.

Newt Gingrich’s Pinocchio-laden debut - The Fact Checker - The Washington Post





#newtgingrich

Australia: Immigration Crisis?

Is there a potential downside to allowing more Asian refugees into Australia? Perhaps. However, history tells us it will also lead to an enormous increase in the local production of martial-arts movies, such as "Mad Wombat Kung Fu", "Drunken Wombat Style Killer", "Wombat Assassins Of Brisbane", "Kangaroo Versus Koala",  and "Sydney Clan Killers". It's a cornucopia of possibilities.

(Assuming I understand anything about history.)

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

HEADLINES: Gay People Approve Of Presbyterians

#gay
#presbyterian

What's Worse Than A Dirty Commie Professor?

A Dirty Commie Catholic Professor. (Or so it seems.)

Catholic Professors Criticize Boehner in Letter - NYTimes.com


Movie News: Sextronsity

Sextronsity is the latest in the Asian horror genre. At a girls' school two chicks are smoking opium in the bathroom with some a black market manga so reprehensible in content that both of the girls go insane and instantly embark on a killing spree.

Many corpses later, they are shot by police and become malicious ghosts that inhabit the school cafeteria, seeking revenge by pissing on the kimchi just before the lunch bell. Needless to say, this sends the administrators into an downward spiral of sex and death, and before you can say "There's a girl with dark hair crawling out of a well" there are several more dead bodies including one girl who's mistakenly stir fried and served as 'breakfast squid'.

Subsequently, a bipolar homicide detective from Hong Kong appears. Then she falls down the well and is never seen again. No one seems to wonder why. Finally the manga is burned and the curse is lifted although by this time most of the students are dead and some of the parents are beginning to wonder if they should ask for a refund. (In a sequel currently in production, the curse lives on in the refund checks.)

You Blind Ignorant Deluded Assholes

by Echochamber Douthat

Let's start with the facts: Liberals are blind, stupid, ignorant, and deluded assholes. Granted, that's pretty obvious to anyone not emotionally invested in The Current Administration (which has been a failure since Day One, when we conservatives knew it would be a disaster). I'm not denigrating anyone. Just establishing a starting point for discussion.

And now we can officially say that Obama is treading in Bush's footsteps (think, say, Disciple:Jesus). And there are countless bits of supporting evidence to substantiate this claim. During his campaign for president, Obama promised to "get Bin Laden". But once elected, Obama didn't. Classic Bush. (Later, he did. But let's not dwell on that, except to note that succeeding in something makes him Bush-like, if by 'success' you mean 'riding a bicycle and constantly challenging his staff to bike races like a 10-year-old.')

Did Obama create an unconstitutional little offshore Bastille? No, but he didn't close Bush's either. Apparently Democrats have matured sufficiently to realize that Obama is not omnipotent. I backhandedly congratulate them on their belated maturity.

Did Bush need to know what was happening in Iraq? No. And neither do I. Ask anyone who was in Iraq. I can't think of anyone who had anything negative to say about it. All this talk talk talk about Obama being "intelligent". Did Our Beloved Bicyclist In Chief require facts to invade Iraq, or to order an assault in Fallujah, and then to rescind the order after troops had already advanced, and then order another assault, compounding tragedy with even more pointless tragedy. Did Our Beloved Shrub need to know that even as his administration was selling aluminum tubes as potentialities of mushroomesque clouds, another cog in the executive branch wheel had already determined that they were no such thing? Did Bush need Hans Blix looking over his shoulder and trying to decide for The Decider? Did Bush need to reign in the neocon attack dragons with some common sense? Of course not. And let's hope Obama won't either.

In other words, an unnecessary intervention to stem a threat that wasn't was exactly the war we needed. I had no idea that these things cost money back in 2002.

And that's why intervening in Libya to prevent a human rights catastrophe was a mistake. (If you read it again it all makes sense somehow.)

But the real lesson we need to take from this is this (lesson): Never admit that your party twice elected a fool who's only business experience was to destroy every business that he ran, and when anointed, chose the worst kind of self-deluded tools to run the government, and even worse, he took their advice, stubbornly clinging to anyone perceived as loyal and unwilling to question The Decider's deciding.

Because then I'd look like the tool. Oh, and a pox on the deficit and whatnot.

Al Pacino: My Exclusive And Timely Interview

Sometimes people ask me, "Why did you do 88 Minutes? I mean, what a crock!" 


Well, it's very complicated and by complicated I mean simple: I did this movie because I read the screenplay and was that made me stop and think, "Wow, I'm in every scene. In fact I'm in nearly every shot in the damn movie. That's more time that people are looking at me, and I thought, "Boy, doesn't the audience deserve that?"


And, um, the money was just right.














#fuckingcelebritiesfucking
#alpacino
#88minutes